Craig Zobel: Last News

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.YOU'D expect a film Donald Trump claimed was “made to inflame and cause chaos” ahead of its release to have something important to say.Alas, the political satire doesn’t bite quite as hard as it should in bloody thriller The Hunt.In fact, the movie in general is more bark than bite as director Craig Zobel and writers Damon Lindelof and Nike Cuse choose to go down the comedy path every bit as much as injecting fear and tension.The set-up – 12 strangers waking up in a field to discover they are being hunted – has been done before in the likes of Battle Royale and The Hunger Games.Thankfully, there are some ingenious kills and a few surprises up the

Scheduled for release back in September of 2019, The Hunt went on hiatus due to a number of tragic shootings Stateside. Although there are plenty of violent films, and numerous shootings throughout the year, The Hunt was unfairly targeted due to it focusing on a plot that sees wealthy liberals hunt the right-wing. However, after seeing The Hunt, it all seems rather daft; this is social satire, but with so much tongue in cheek and over the top gore, that surely nobody will be taking it seriously.